Richard Carapaz to miss Tour of Britain after being denied a visa

The Giro d'Italia winner was supposed to headline the Movistar team alongside Mikel Landa

Richard Carapaz at the Tour of Colombia 2019 (Photo by Maximiliano Blanco/Getty Images)

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By Jonny Long
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Richard Carapaz will no longer be riding the Tour of Britain after being denied a visa, his Movistar team have announced.

This year's Giro d'Italia winner has barely raced since his Grand Tour victory, coming third in the Vuelta a Burgos in August and also participating in the Bretagne Classic at the start of September.

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Jonny Long

Hi. I'm Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor. I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.


Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).


I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen had the same ham sandwich every day, it was great.

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